St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-10
BOOMING BUSINESS
Marks All the Theaters--A Glance
at Each,

Six places of amusement hustled for
business last night, and each of them
did well. The biggest thing in this city
just now is the theater business, and
the people seem determined to show
what the town can do in that line. The
matinee at the Grand was ''Chimes of
Normandy" beautifully put on, though
Abbott did not appear. Annandale
sang the part of Germanie to perfection,
though she is entirely too large and pro-
nOncee for the part. The MignOnette
of Bertram was excellent.
Little Emily is now running
smoothly at the Peoples and the
splendid stage settings elicit general
applause. The cathedral scene is as
effective as has ever been seen in Min
neapOliS.
Tonight 'The World'' will begin at
the Pence and continue through the
week.
Monday evening next the very pOpu-
lar comedian, Roland Reed, will begin
an engagement at the Grand, limited to
three nights and a matinee. The bill
will be changed nightly. The order of
ing and Wednesday matinee Hum
bug" Tuesday night The Woman
Halter" and Wednesday night "Cheek."
Mr.. Reed has a number of new songs
ana medleyS.
The Grand opera was crowded last
night by an enthusiastic audience.
The Bohemian Girl was the opera.
and Emma Abbott invested the role of
Airline with a charming freshness that
delighted the audience and won re-
peated encOres. Her conception of the
part is unequaled, and her singing was
full of fire and expression. Miss An
Mandate as the Gypsy Queen, and Mich
elena as ThaddeuS were satisfactory.
The charms and costumes were superb.
Tonight the Carnival of Venice" with
its rOllicking go-as-yOu-pleaSe music,
will be given. Allen will do his gro
tesque dance, and Annandale her unique
humor. Abbott sings the celebrated
Aria Carnival di Venice" Tomorrow
night the new opera of Auber, 1.-The
Good Devil" AT the Saturday matinee
'Ruy Bias" will be repeated, and Sat
urday night 1.-The MikadO." the biggest
hit of AbbOtt'S life, will be presented.
The sale is very large.
Last night saw the largest audience
at the Hennepin Avenue that has yet
greeted Miss Madden in Minneapolis
during her engagement, and the artistic
little lady was at her best. There is no
actress on the American stage to-day
who holds absolute control of the emo
lions of her audience like Miss Mad
dern. Sunshine and shadow, laughter
and tears follow each other at her be-
hest. as bewitching spells follow the
touch of Ariel at the command of Pros
perO. Last night "Caprice'' was pro-
duced for the last time, but the benefi-
cent shade of Mercy Baxter will linger
as pleasant memory long after
Miss MaddeTn has left US. To-
night and for the remainder
Gardening in ''In Spite of ALL" This
play is an American adaptation by
Steele Mackaye of Sardou's great play
of Andrea" Briefly stated the play is
as follows: Alice is happily married to
the husband of her choice, whom she
devOutly loves. Like some husbands in
! real life, i'll moment of supreme idiocy,
| the husband becomes desperately Smit-
| ten with Stella, an actress. The queS-
| ton is which shall win?-the womanly,
| loving, YirtuOuS wife, or the scheming
| adventures? Through four acts the
! coils of the serpent are twined about the
| husband, to be Embossed at the
touch of domestic love, but ''in
, spite of all''-the infatuation of the
husband. the schemes of the woman,
the husband is finally dIsenthralled and
restored to the heart and home of his
loving wife. 1t will be seen that there
is an opportunity here for the full play
of Miss Maddern's genius. She is not
the loud, sensational, emotional variety
| of actress, screeching her love at the
moon in high q; but an artistic of the
mezzO-sOpranO type, every motion of
her hands, arms, head, body giving en-
phasis to highly wrought emotions-in
the fullest sense of the word an actress
with feeling. and taste and sentiment.
| She will make the most of the drama
lists lines, and with the little womanly
by-plays, which are her own, she will
make the work speak to every sympa-